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no

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no

  1. (international standards) ISO 639-1 language code for Norwegian.

English

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Etymology 1

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From Middle English no, noo, na, a reduced form of none, noon, nan (“none, not any”) used before consonants (compare a to an), from Old English nān (“none, not any”), from Proto-West Germanic *nain, from Proto-Germanic *nainaz (“not any”, literally “not one”), equivalent to ne (“not”) +‎ a.

Cognate with Scots nae (“no, not any, none”), Old Frisian nān, nēn ("no, not any, none"), Saterland Frisian naan, neen (“no, not any, none”), North Frisian nian (“no, not any, none”), Old Dutch nēn ("no, not any, none"; > Dutch neen (“no”)), Old Norse neinn (“no, not any, none”). Compare also Old Saxon nigēn ("not any"; > Low German nen), Old Dutch nehēn (Middle Dutch negheen/negeen, Dutch geen), West Frisian gjin, Old High German nihein (> German kein). More at no, one.

Determiner

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no

  1. Not any.
    Synonyms: zero, not even one, not one
    Antonyms: any, some; one; a few, a couple of, a handful of; multiple, various; many, numerous; countless, every single
    no one
    There is no water left.
    No hot dogs were sold yesterday.
    No geese were at the lake.
    No two people are the same.
    There was no score at the end of the first period. (The score was 0-0.)
  2. Hardly any.
    Antonyms: quite, some
    We'll be finished in no time at all.
    Fifty pounds for this is no money, really.
  3. Not any possibility or allowance of (doing something).
    No smoking
    There's no stopping her once she gets going.
  4. Not (a); not properly, not really; not fully.
    My mother's no fool.
    Working nine to five every day is no life.
    No geese have blue beaks.
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See no/translations § Determiner.
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Etymology 2

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From Middle English no, na, from Old English nā, nō (“no, not, not ever, never”), from Proto-Germanic *nai (“never”), *ne (“not”), from Proto-Indo-European *ne, *nē, *nēy (negative particle), equivalent to Old English ne (“not”) + ā, ever, always. Cognate with Scots na (“no”), Saterland Frisian noa (“no”), West Frisian né (“no”), nea (“never”), Dutch nee (“no”), Low German nee (“no”), German nie (“never”), dialectal German nö (“no”), Danish nej (“no”), Swedish nej (“no”), Icelandic nei (“no”). More at nay.

Adverb

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no (not comparable)

  1. (with following adjective) Not, not at all.
    1. Used before different, before comparatives with more and less, and idiomatically before other comparatives.
      It is a less physical kind of torture, but no less gruesome.
      You’re no better than a common thief.
      Look no further than one's nose
      This is no different from what we've been doing all along.
    2. (informal) Used idiomatically before certain other adjectives.
      This thing is no good.
      The teacher’s decision was no fair.
  2. (without adjective, now Scotland, informal) Not.
    I just want to find out whether she's coming or no.
    • 1725, Daniel Defoe, An essay on the history and reality of apparitions:
      AS the Devil is not so Black as he is Painted, so neither does he appear in so many Shapes as we make for him; we Dress him up in more Suits of Cloaths, and more Masquerade Habits, than ever he wore; and I question much, if he was to see the Pictures and Figures which we call Devil, whether he would know himself by some of them or no.

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no

  1. Used to show disagreement, negation, denial, refusal, or prohibition.
    Synonyms: nay, nope
    Antonyms: yes, yea, aye, maybe
    No, you are mistaken.
    No, you may not watch television now.
    David, no!
  2. Used to show agreement with a negative question.
    Synonyms: nah, nay, nope
    "Don’t you like milk?" "No" (i.e., "No, I don’t like milk.")
  3. (colloquial) Used together with an affirmative word or phrase to show agreement.
    No, totally.
    No, yeah, that's exactly right.
    "Wow!" "Yeah, no, it was really awful!"
Descendants
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  • → American Sign Language: H^o@Side-PalmForward Flatten

Preposition

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no

  1. Without.
  2. Like.
  3. (colloquial, usually humorous) Not, does not, do not, etc.
    Ug no like veggie.
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When used humorously to mean 'not' or 'does not', this word usually implies a caveman-like way of speaking.

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  • (Expression of negation): way
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Noun

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no (plural noes or nos)

  1. A negating expression; an answer that shows disagreement, denial, refusal, or disapproval.
    • 1994, Brannon Braga, Ronald D. Moore, “All Good Things...”, in Star Trek: The Next Generation, season 7, episodes 25-26, John de Lancie (actor):
      Q: I'll answer any ten questions that call for a yes or a no.
  2. A vote not in favor, or opposing a proposition.
    The workers voted on whether to strike, and there were thirty "yeses" and two "nos".
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Etymology 3

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Variant of No., from the scribal abbreviation for Latin numero (“in number, to the number of”).

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no (not comparable)

  1. (archaic) Alternative form of No.

Noun

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no (plural nos)

  1. Alternative form of No.

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References

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  • “no”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

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Ainu

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Etymology 1

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Particle

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no (Kana spelling ノ)

  1. Adverbialising particle; -ly, ing
    asiri ― new
    asiri no ― newly
    pirika ― good
    pirika no ― well
    nukara ― to see
    nukara no an ― seeing (literally, “being seeing”)
    opitta ― all
    opitta no okay ― all (literally, “being all”)

Etymology 2

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no (Kana spelling ノ)

  1. Alternative form of ro

Alemannic German

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Etymology

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Related to German noch.

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Adverb

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no

  1. still, yet
    Bisch no do? ― Are you still here?
  2. eventually (at an unknown time in the future)
    Er chunt scho no. ― He will come eventually.
  3. (only) just; barely (by a small margin)
    Sii hät grad no so gwunne. ― She just barely won.
  4. (with comparative) even
    Das isch sogar no schönner. ― This is even prettier.

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  • (eventually): Often used together with an antecedent scho.
  • (just; barely): In this sense always used together with an antecedent grad.
  • (even): It can be used together with an antecedent sogar for amplification.

Particle

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no

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Ashkun

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Ashkun cardinal numbers
 <  8 9 10  > 
    Cardinal : no

Etymology

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From Proto-Nuristani *nuwa, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hnáwa, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁néwn̥.

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Numeral

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no (Sanu)[1]

  1. nine

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  1. ^ Strand, Richard F. (2016) “n′o”, in Nûristânî Etymological Lexicon‎[1]

Asturian

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Etymology

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From a contraction of the preposition en (“in”) + neuter singular article lo (“the”). Compare Sicilian ntô~nnô.

Contraction

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no n (masculine nel, feminine na, masculine plural nos, feminine plural nes)

  1. in the

Atong (India)

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Etymology 1

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Verb

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no- (Bengali script নো)

  1. to say

Etymology 2

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From Hindi नौ (nau).

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no (Bengali script নো)

  1. nine
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Awa (New Guinea)

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Noun

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no

  1. water

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  • The Papuan Languages of New Guinea (1986, →ISBN

Bavarian

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Etymology

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From Old High German noh, from Proto-West Germanic *noh, from Proto-Germanic *nuh, from Proto-Indo-European *nū-kʷe-. Cognates include German noch, Yiddish נאָך (nokh) and Dutch nog, Dutch noch.

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no

  1. still, yet (up to and including a given time)
    Mia san no ned då. ― We're not there yet.
    Des geht si no aus. ― There's still time for that.
  2. yet, eventually (at an unknown time in the future)
    Mia wern scho no åkumma. ― We'll arrive eventually.
  3. additionally, in addition, besides, else; more often expressed in English with another, more
    No ana! ― Another one!
    Foid da no wås ei? ― Can you think of anything else?
  4. (only) just; barely (by a small margin)
    Is se gråd no ausgånga. ― We made it just in time.
  5. (with comparative) even
    Des is jå no depperter. ― That's even more stupid.

Catalan

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Etymology

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From Old Catalan no, from Latin nōn.

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Interjection

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no

  1. no (negation; commonly used to respond negatively to a question)

Adverb

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no

  1. not, main negation marker
    Antonyms: sí, hoc
    No tinc diners. ― No, I do not have money.
    No facis això. ― No, don't do that.

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Noun

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no m (plural nos)

  1. no

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Cebuano

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Spanish no.

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no

  1. indicating surprise at, or requesting confirmation of, some new information; to express skepticism
  2. indicating that what was just said was obvious and unnecessary; contrived incredulity

Czech

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Etymology

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Short for ano (“yes”).

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Interjection

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no

  1. well, why
    No ne! ― Well, I never!

Adverb

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no

  1. certainly, indeed, of course
  2. yeah, yep

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  • “no”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
  • “no”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
  • “no”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)

Dimasa

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no

  1. home

Dumbea

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Noun

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no

  1. mosquito

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Esperanto

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Noun

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no (accusative singular no-on, plural no-oj, accusative plural no-ojn)

  1. The name of the Latin-script letter N/n.

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Ewe

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Noun

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no

  1. breast

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no

  1. to drink
  2. to suck

Fala

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /no/
  • Rhymes: -o
  • Syllabification: no

Etymology 1

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From Old Galician-Portuguese non, from Latin nōn (“not”); probably influenced by Spanish no.

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no

  1. Alternative form of non (“no, not”)

Etymology 2

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From Old Galician-Portuguese no, equivalent to en (“in”) +‎ o (masculine singular definite article).

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  • nu (Lagarteiru, Valverdeñu)

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no m sg (plural nos, feminine na, feminine plural nas)

  1. (Mañegu) in the

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  • Valeš, Miroslav (2021) Diccionariu de A Fala: lagarteiru, mañegu, valverdeñu (web)‎[3], 2nd edition, Minde, Portugal: CIDLeS, published 2022, →ISBN

Finnish

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Etymology

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Similar interjections can be found in other Finnic languages (compare Estonian no, noh, Ingrian no, Karelian no, Livonian no, noh, Ludian no, Votic no) and possibly also in other Uralic languages (compare Komi-Zyrian но (no), Udmurt но (no)). Compare also to those found in neighboring Indo-European languages (such as Swedish nå, Latvian nu, Russian ну (nu)), which may all trace back as far as Proto-Indo-European *nu. SSA concludes that the interjection is probably part original and part foreign.[1]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈno/, [ˈno̞]
  • Rhymes: -o
  • Hyphenation(key): no

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no

  1. well! (to acknowledge a situation; encouragement to answer or react; expressing the overcoming of reluctance to say something; exclamation of indignance)
    Alternative form: noh
    No sepä mukavaa! ― Well, that’s nice.
    No kai meidän sitten pitää käydä katsomassa. ― Well I guess we have to go look then.
    No, mikset mennyt juhliin? ― Well, why didn't you go to the party?
    Siellä oli, no, aika tylsää. ― It was, well, pretty boring there.
    No, et sinä nyt noin voi käyttäytyä! ― Well! You can't behave like that!

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  1. ^ Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The origin of Finnish words]‎[2] (in Finnish) (online version; note: also includes other etymological sources; this source is labeled "SSA 1992–2000"), Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN

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French

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Noun

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no m

  1. Abbreviation of numéro (“number”).

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Friulian

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Etymology

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From Latin nōn.

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no

  1. no
    Antonym: sì

Fula

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Etymology

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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Adverb

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no

  1. how?

Galician

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Etymology 1

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From contraction of preposition en (“in”) + masculine article o (“the”).

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Contraction

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no m (feminine na, masculine plural nos, feminine plural nas)

  1. in the

Etymology 2

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From a mutation of o.

Pronoun

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no m (accusative)

  1. Alternative form of o (“him”)
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The n- forms of accusative third-person pronouns are used when the preceding word ends in -u or a diphthong, and are suffixed to the preceding word.

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Garo

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Noun

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no

  1. younger sister

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Guinea-Bissau Creole

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Etymology

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From Portuguese nós. Cognate with Kabuverdianu nu.

Pronoun

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no

  1. we

Hawaiian

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Etymology

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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

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Preposition

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no

  1. for, belonging to, from

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  • Used for possessions that are inherited, out of personal control, and for things that can be got into (houses, clothes, cars), while na is used for acquired possessions.

Hone

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Noun

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no

  1. husband

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  • Anne Storch, Hone, in Coding Participant Marking: Construction Types in Twelve African Languages, edited by Gerrit Jan Dimmendaal

Ido

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Etymology

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Borrowed from English no, French non, Italian no, Spanish no. Paronym to ne.

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no

  1. no
    Antonym: yes

Ingrian

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Etymology 1

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Cognate with Finnish no and Estonian no. It is uncertain whether this word is natively Finnic or a borrowing from an Indo-European language (compare Russian ну (nu) and Swedish nå).

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no

  1. well
    • 1936, D. I. Efimov, Lukukirja: Inkeroisia alkușkouluja vart (ensimäine osa), Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 12:
      No nii, peen - vastajaa Valja.
      Well yes, small - Valja replies.
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Etymology 2

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Borrowed from Russian но (no).

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no

  1. but
    • 1936, L. G. Terehova, V. G. Erdeli, translated by Mihailov and P. I. Maksimov, Geografia: oppikirja iƶoroin alkușkoulun kolmatta klaassaa vart (ensimäine osa), Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-Pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 5:
      No määmmä tunniin, toisen, a laageria ei oo.
      But we walk for an hour, another, and the camp isn't there.
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  • Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 343

Interlingua

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Adverb

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no

  1. no
    No, ille non travalia hodie. ― No, he is not working today.

Noun

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no (plural nos)

  1. no
    Illa time audir un no. ― She is afraid of hearing no.

Italian

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Etymology 1

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From Latin nōn.

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Particle

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no

  1. no
    Antonym: sì
    dire di no ― to say no

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no

  1. not
    Vieni o no? ― Are you coming or not?
    Perché no? ― Why not?
  2. (by ellipsis) Used to replace negated nouns or adjectives; non-, not
    Synonym: meno
    cattolici e no ― Catholics and non-Catholics
    prodotti nuovi e no ― new and not new products
  3. Used at the end of a sentence as a sort of tag question or to emphasize a statement; isn't it so, right
    Synonyms: nevvero, neh
    Te l'ho già detto, no? ― I already told you, right?
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Etymology 2

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Borrowed from Japanese 能 (nō, literally “[performing] skill, talent”).

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Noun

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no m (invariable)

  1. Noh (a type of Japanese drama)

Etymology 3

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Borrowed from English no.

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  • IPA(key): /no/°
  • Rhymes: -o
  • Hyphenation: no
  • Unlike the above words, this word is unstressed and never triggers syntactic gemination in the following word.

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no (invariable)

  1. no, anti-; found in numerous expressions borrowed from English, such as no comment, and in pseudo-anglicisms such as no logo (“anti-globalization”) and no-vax (“anti-vax”) (also written no vax)

Jamaican Creole

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Etymology

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Derived from English no.

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no

  1. no
    Im av no sta.
    He has no sister.
  2. not
    No fi waant a tong mek kau no taak.
    Not for want of a tongue that a cow does not talk.

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no

  1. don't, doesn't
    Mi no nuo.
    I don't know.
    Bot dat no pruuv se wa mi a du rait.
    But that doesn't prove that what I am doing is right.

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  • no at majstro.com

Japanese

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Romanization

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no

  1. The hiragana syllable の (no) or the katakana syllable ノ (no) in Hepburn romanization.

Kalasha

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Etymology

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From Sanskrit नव (nava).

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no

  1. nine; 9

Kikuyu

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no

  1. (it is) only[1]
    Gĩkũrũ kĩega no kĩratina.[2] - The only good old thing is a sausage tree fruit (for fermenting muratina).
    Mũndũ ũtathiaga oigaga no nyina ũrugaga wega. - One who does not travel says only his/her mother's cooking is good.

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no

  1. but[3]
    Mĩano ndĩtukanagio no kanua. - The diviner's gourds do not get confused, but a mouth does.[4]

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  1. ^ “no” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
  2. ^ Wanjohi, G. J. (2001). Under One Roof: Gĩkũyũ Proverbs Consolidated, p. 21. Paulines Publications Africa.
  3. ^ Barlow, A. Ruffell (1960). Studies in Kikuyu Grammar and Idiom, pp. 32, 235.
  4. ^ Barra, G. (1960). 1,000 Kikuyu proverbs: with translations and English equivalents, p. 51. London: Macmillan.

Ladin

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Etymology

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From Latin non.

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no

  1. not
  2. no

Ladino

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no (Latin spelling, Hebrew spelling נו)

  1. not

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no (Latin spelling, Hebrew spelling נו)

  1. no

Lashi

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Etymology 1

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From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s-nak (“black, evil”). Cognates include Burmese နက် (nak) and Tibetan སྣག (snag).

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no

  1. black

Etymology 2

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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

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no

  1. early

References

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  • Hkaw Luk (2017) A grammatical sketch of Lacid‎[5], Chiang Mai: Payap University (master thesis)

Latin

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Etymology

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From Proto-Italic *snāō, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)neh₂-yé-ti, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)neh₂- (“to flow, to swim”). Cognate with Ancient Greek νάω (náō).

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nō (present infinitive nāre, perfect active nāvī); first conjugation, no passive, no supine stem

  1. (intransitive) to swim
    Nat lupus inter oves. ― The wolf swims between the sheep.
    Nare contra aquam ― To swim against the stream
    Piger ad nandum ― Slow at swimming
    Ars nandi ― The art of swimming
    • 1st century BC, Lucretius, De rerum natura iii. 479.
      Cum vini vis penetravit,
      Consequitur gravitas membrorum, præpediuntur
      Crura vacillanti, tardescit lingua, madet mens,
      Nant oculi, clamor, sigultis, jurgia gliscunt. --
      When once the force of wine hath inly pierst,
      Limbes-heavinesse is next, legs faine would goe,
      But reeling cannot, tongue drawles, mindes disperst,
      Eyes swime, ciries, hickups, brables grow.
  2. (intransitive) to float
    Synonym: fluitō
    Carinae nant freto. ― Ships float in the sea.
  3. (poetic, intransitive) to sail, flow, fly, etc.
    Per medium classi barbara navit Athon. ― The barbarian youth sailed its fleet through the middle of Athos.
    Undae nantes refulgent. ― The flowing waves glitter.

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   Conjugation of nō (first conjugation, no supine stem, active only)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present nō nās nat nāmus nātis nant
imperfect nābam nābās nābat nābāmus nābātis nābant
future nābō nābis nābit nābimus nābitis nābunt
perfect nāvī nāvistī nāvit nāvimus nāvistis nāvērunt,
nāvēre
pluperfect nāveram nāverās nāverat nāverāmus nāverātis nāverant
future perfect nāverō nāveris nāverit nāverimus nāveritis nāverint
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present nem nēs net nēmus nētis nent
imperfect nārem nārēs nāret nārēmus nārētis nārent
perfect nāverim nāverīs nāverit nāverīmus nāverītis nāverint
pluperfect nāvissem nāvissēs nāvisset nāvissēmus nāvissētis nāvissent
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present — nā — — nāte —
future — nātō nātō — nātōte nantō
non-finite forms active passive
present perfect future present perfect future
infinitives nāre nāvisse — — — —
participles nāns — — — — —
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
nandī nandō nandum nandō — —

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  • no in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • no in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers

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Etymology

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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

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no

  1. from
    skaitīt no viens līdz desmit ― to count from one to ten
    viņš ir no Latvijas ― he is from Latvia
  2. out of
    iziet no istabas ― to go out of the room
  3. for
  4. of
    viens no viņa draugiem ― one of his friends
    izgatavots no koka ― made of wood
  5. with
    no sirds ― with all one's heart

Lombard

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no

  1. Alternative spelling of nò.

Louisiana Creole

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Etymology

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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Probably from French "nous" or a clipping of Louisiana Creole "nouzòt" and/or French "nous autres".”)

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no

  1. Alternative form of nouzòt (“we, us”)

Luxembourgish

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From Middle High German nāh, from Old High German nāh, from Proto-West Germanic *nāhw, from Proto-Germanic *nēhw.

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no (+ dative)

  1. after (in time)
  2. after (in a sequence)
  3. according to
  4. to, towards (a direction)

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no (masculine noen, neuter not, comparative méi no, superlative am nächsten)

  1. nearby, near, nigh
  2. close, closely related

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declension of no
number and gender singular plural
masculine feminine neuter all genders
predicative hien ass no si ass no et ass no si si(nn) no
nominative /
accusative 		attributive and/or after determiner noen no not no
independent without determiner noes noer
dative after any declined word noen noer noen noen
as first declined word noem noem

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nō

  1. Alternative form of noch

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From Old English nā, nō (“adj”).

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no

  1. no
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From Old English nā, nō.

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no

  1. not
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Mòcheno

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From Middle High German nāch, from Old High German nāh. Cognate with Cimbrian nå and German nach; see there for more.

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no

  1. (+ dative) after

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Mokilese

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no

  1. wave

Narua

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Etymology

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From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *na-ŋ (“you”).

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no

  1. You (singular)

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NOM no
ACC nom
DAT nokégébé
ABL nokélo
GEN noké
COM nolékobé

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no

  1. (obsolete) now (this very moment)

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Part of the "Nazi reform" of 1941, made during Norwegian occupation by Germany. Almost exclusively used in texts made under occupation, and not generally considered a part of the official Bokmål chronology.

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From Old Norse núna, derived from nú.

(interjection): May be related to Finno-Ugric, like Finnish and Estonian no, Ingrian no, Komi-Zyrian но (no), Udmurt но (no). Compare also Swedish nå, Latvian nu and Russian ну (nu).

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no n (definite singular noet, indefinite plural no, definite plural noa)

  1. moment; point in time

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no

  1. now

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no

  1. used when finding something out; when being irritated
    • 1861, Aasmund Olavsson Vinje, Ferdaminni fraa Sumaren 1860:
      Der maa no vera nokot smaatt fint Gras imillom, som Femulen finner, for ellers kunde der ikki bu annat Liv enn Reinsdyret.
      There must be some small fine grass in between for the cattle to find, otherwise no other life than the reindeer could live there.
    • 1851, Ludvig Mathias Lindeman, Liti Kjersti og bergekongen (transcription of an oral song):
      Gakk no deg i Stova inn
      Go (you) inside the house
    • Det kan no faen ikkje stemme at traktor'n var så billeg
      It can't be damn right that the tractor was so cheap
    • Er det no sånn at dåkk vil ikkje bli med på fjellturen?
      Is it so, that ya'll don't want to join on the mountain trip?
    • Eg skulle no vore på elgjakta no, men i staden for det må eg vera her og rydde.
      I was supposed to be on the moose hunt now, but I must be here and clean up instead.
    • Kom igjen no då!
      C'mon!
    Synonyms: altso, då

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Notsi

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no

  1. plural marker

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  • Language Complexity: Typology, Contact, Change, edited by Matti Miestamo, Kaius Sinnemäki, Fred Karlsson

Old English

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ne +‎ ā

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nō

  1. Alternative form of nā

Old Irish

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no

  1. Alternative spelling of nó

Old Occitan

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From Latin non.

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no

  1. no
    Antonym: oc

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Pali

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Etymology 1

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Inherited from Sanskrit नः (naḥ, “us”).

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no

  1. accusative/instrumental/genitive/dative plural of ahaṃ (“us”)

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Inherited from Sanskrit नो (no, “and not”).

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no

  1. surely not
  2. indeed not
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Sometimes reinforced by na (“not”)

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Etymology 3

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Emphatic form of nu (“then, now”)

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no

  1. indeed, then, now

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Pali Text Society (1921–1925) “no”, in Pali-English Dictionary‎, London: Chipstead

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Etymology

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From Portuguese não and Spanish no and Kabuverdianu nau.

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no

  1. no
  2. not

Polish

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Etymology 1

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Clipping of ano.[1] Compare Czech no, Silesian no, Slovak no. First attested in the 19th century.[2]

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no

  1. (colloquial) yeah, yep
    Synonyms: ano, tak
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no

  1. used to state the speaker thinks something is obvious and that one should not ponder further; well, well yeah
  2. used to state that the speaker thinks everything that can be said has been said and would like to finish the topic
  3. (colloquial, hedge) expresses uncertainty; well
  4. (usually as a question) used to encourage the conversation partner to give a response; well?
  5. (often extended) used to express surprise, awe, or caution
  6. (colloquial) Filled pause, usually connecting a previous sentence; well
  7. introduces a question, often lightly emotionally charged
  8. used to draw attention to the current situation

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Clipping of ino, jeno, jedno.[3] First attested in 1749.[4] Compare Silesian no.

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no

  1. emphatic particle used with imperatives to speed up a performed action; c'mon, now
    Synonym: ano
    No, rusz się! Swiatło jest zielone!
    C'mon, move! The light is green!
    • 1841, Józef Ignacy Kraszewski, Szkice obyczajowe i historyczne, page 171:
       […] wróciwszy z kluczem na posłanie. — Niech mnie licho porwie, jeśli cię puszczę — musisz zostać z nami. — O! figle! no! no! daj no klucza, rzekł śmiejąc się Alexy, daj no, serce, klucza! daj!
       […] having returned with the key. "Goddamn it, if I let you go, you'll have to stay with us." "Oh! Jokes! Cmon! Cmon! Cmon, give the key!" Alex said laughing. "Cmon, heart, give the key!"
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According to Słownik frekwencyjny polszczyzny współczesnej (1990), no is one of the most used words in Polish, appearing 3 times in scientific texts, 0 times in news, 7 times in essays, 106 times in fiction, and 484 times in plays, each out of a corpus of 100,000 words, totaling 600 times, making it the 76th most common word in a corpus of 500,000 words.[5]

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  1. ^ Bańkowski, Andrzej (2000) “no II”, in Etymologiczny słownik języka polskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish)
  2. ^ J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1904), “no”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), volume 3, Warsaw, page 398
  3. ^ Bańkowski, Andrzej (2000) “no I”, in Etymologiczny słownik języka polskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish)
  4. ^ Aleksandra Wieczorek (07.12.2021) “NO”, in Elektroniczny Słownik Języka Polskiego XVII i XVIII Wieku [Electronic Dictionary of the Polish Language of the XVII and XVIII Century]
  5. ^ Ida Kurcz (1990) “no”, in Słownik frekwencyjny polszczyzny współczesnej [Frequency dictionary of the Polish language] (in Polish), volume 1, Kraków, Warszawa: Polska Akademia Nauk. Instytut Języka Polskiego, page 293

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  • no in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • no in Polish dictionaries at PWN
  • Samuel Bogumił Linde (1807–1814) “no”, in Słownik języka polskiego
  • Aleksander Zdanowicz (1861) “no”, in Słownik języka polskiego, Wilno 1861
  • no in Narodowy Fotokorpus Języka Polskiego

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Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: no

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From Old Galician-Portuguese no, clipping of eno, from en (“in”) + o (“the”).

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no (feminine na, masculine plural nos, feminine plural nas)

  2. Contraction of em o (“in the, on the”).
    • 2003, J. K. Rowling, Lia Wyler, Harry Potter e a Ordem da Fênix, Rocco, page 546:
      Está na hora de testarmos os nossos talentos no mundo real, você não acha?
      It's time to test our talents in the real world, don't you think?
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For quotations using this term, see Citations:no.

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no

  2. Alternative form of o (third-person masculine singular objective pronoun) used as an enclitic following a verb form ending in a nasal vowel or diphthong
    Eles removeram-no do grupo devido a mau comportamento da sua parte. (Portugal)
    They removed him from the group due to bad behavior on his behalf.
    Costumava estar aqui um copo, mas eles partiram-no quando cá estiveram. (Portugal)
    There used to be a glass here, but they broke it when they were here.
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  • This form is not found in Brazilian speech.
Quotations
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For quotations using this term, see Citations:no.

Rohingya

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Rohingya cardinal numbers
 <  8 9 10  > 
    Cardinal : no

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From Sanskrit नवन् (navan, “nine”).

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no (Hanifi spelling 𐴕𐴡)

  1. nine

Romanian

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no

  1. (Transylvania) well, so

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From Old Irish nó, nú, from Proto-Celtic *nowe (compare Welsh neu and Old Breton nou).

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  • IPA(key): /nɔ/, /nə/
  • Hyphenation: no

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no

  1. or
  2. nor
  3. neither

Serbo-Croatian

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Etymology 1

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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *nъ, (Russian но (no), ну (nu)), from Proto-Balto-Slavic *nu (Lithuanian nu), from Proto-Indo-European *nu (“now”), (Latin nun-c, Ancient Greek νῦν (nûn)).

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no (Cyrillic spelling но)

  1. (after a comparative, regional, dated, expressively) than (=nȅgo, ȍd)
    bolji no on ― better than him
    → (= modern)
    bolji nego on/bolji od njega
    better than him
    Izgledaš bolje no ikad. ― You' re looking better than ever.
    Proračunski manjak Grčke u bio je značajno veći no što je vlada proc(ij)enila. ― Greece's budget deficit was significantly bigger than the government had estimated.
  2. (denoting exclusion) but, however
    Pogrešno, no bio si dosta blizu. ― Wrong, but you were pretty close.
    No os(j)ećam samo sreću. ― But I can' t feel anything but happy.
    Tekst nije savršen, no nije li mogao biti bolji? ― The text is not perfect, but could it have been better?

Etymology 2

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From Japanese 能 (nō).

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nȏ m (Cyrillic spelling но̑)

  1. (theater) noh

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From the conjunction no.

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no (Cyrillic spelling но)

  1. (in a dialog, when responding to the interlocutor) damn right!, you bet! very much so!

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  • “no”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024
  • “no”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024
  • “no”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024

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no

  1. go

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no

  1. water

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  • The Papuan Languages of New Guinea (1986, →ISBN

Silesian

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  • IPA(key): /ˈnɔ/
  • Rhymes: -ɔ
  • Syllabification: no

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Clipping of ano. Compare Polish no.

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no

  1. used to state the speaker thinks something is obvious and that one should not ponder further; well, well yeah
  2. (usually as a question) used to encourage the conversation partner to give a response; well?

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Clipping of ino. Compare Polish no.

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no

  1. emphatic particle used with imperatives to speed up a performed action; c'mon, now

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  • no in silling.org

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Etymology 1

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From Old Spanish non, from Latin nōn (compare Catalan no, Galician non, French non, Italian no, Portuguese não, Romanian nu, Sicilian no/nun).

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  • IPA(key): /ˈno/ [ˈno]
  • Rhymes: -o
  • Syllabification: no

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no

  1. no
  2. not
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¿no?

  1. eh?, right?, isn't it? (used as a tag question, to emphasise what precedes, or to request that the listener express an opinion)
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no m (plural noes)

  1. no

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Contracted form of Latin numero, ablative singular of numerus (“number”).

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no m (plural nos)

  1. Abbreviation of número.; no.
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Etymology 1

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From English no.

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no

  1. no
  2. not

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no

  1. Precedes intensifiers, untranslatable
    A nyan switi no todo.
    The food is delicious.
    A waran no hel.
    It's awfully hot.

Tagalog

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no (Baybayin spelling ᜈᜓ)

  1. Alternative spelling of 'no

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Tok Pisin

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From English no.

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no

  1. not
    • 1989, Buk Baibel long Tok Pisin, Port Moresby: Bible Society of Papua New Guinea, Jenesis 2:5:
      ...i no gat diwai na gras samting i kamap long graun yet, long wanem, em i no salim ren i kam daun yet. Na i no gat man bilong wokim gaden.
      ...and no tree or kind of herb had appeared on the earth yet, because he had not sent rain to come down yet. And there was no one to work the garden.

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Etymology

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From Proto-Vietic *ɗɔː (“satiated”). Cognate with Arem dɑː.

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no • (奴, 𩛂)

  1. full (of the stomach)
    Antonym: đói
    Đang no.
    I'm full.
    No bụng rồi.
    My stomach's full.
  2. (archaic) full; complete
  3. (chemistry, of a solution) saturated
  4. (chemistry, of an organic compound) saturated

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  • In modern usages, no only refers to the stomach being full, or by extension, a person having had enough to eat.

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Votic

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Etymology 1

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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) Cognate with Finnish no and Ingrian no.

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no

  1. well

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Borrowed from Russian но (no).

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no

  1. but (when serving to contrast)

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  • Hallap, V., Adler, E., Grünberg, S., Leppik, M. (2012) Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn

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From Old French nom, from Latin nōmen (“name”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁nómn̥.

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no m (plural nos)

  1. name

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no

  1. now

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Further reading

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  • “no”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011

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no

  1. eh, isn't it, true (at end of declarative sentence, forms question to prompt listener's agreement)

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  • “no”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011

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From Proto-Hmong-Mien *ʔnu̯ɔmH (“cold”).[1]

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no

  1. (of weather) cold
    No no li. ― It's cold.
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From Proto-Hmong-Mien *ʔneinX (“this”).[1]

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no

  1. an indicator of current or present location: this (place, time, person, thing)
    lub tsev no ― this house
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  • Heimbach, Ernest E. (1979) White Hmong — English Dictionary‎[6], SEAP Publications, →ISBN, page 141.
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Ratliff, Martha (2010) Hmong-Mien language history (Studies in Language Change; 8), Camberra, Australia: Pacific Linguistics, →ISBN, page 277.

Yola

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From Middle English no, na, from Old English nā.

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no

  1. not
    • 1867, GLOSSARY OF THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY [1]:
      Aamezil cou no stoane.
      Themselves could not stand.
    • 1867, “A YOLA ZONG”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 14, page 90:
      Outh o'mee hoane ch'ull no part wi' Wathere.
      Out of my hand I'll not part with Walter.
    • 1867, “SONG”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 2, page 108:
      Hea had no much wut,
      He had not much wit,
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no

  1. Alternative form of na
    • 1927, “ZONG O DHREE YOLA MYTHENS”, in THE ANCIENT DIALECT OF THE BARONIES OF FORTH AND BARGY, COUNTY WEXFORD, line 3 [2]:
      Vo no own caars.
      Whom no one cares.

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  1. ^ Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 32
  2. ^ Kathleen A. Browne (1927) The Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland Sixth Series, Vol.17 No.2, Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland, page 129
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